diff --git a/mercurial/patch.py b/mercurial/patch.py
--- a/mercurial/patch.py
+++ b/mercurial/patch.py
@@ -890,6 +890,9 @@ def iterhunks(ui, fp, sourcefile=None):
     context = None
     lr = linereader(fp)
     dopatch = True
+    # gitworkdone is True if a git operation (copy, rename, ...) was
+    # performed already for the current file. Useful when the file
+    # section may have no hunk.
     gitworkdone = False
 
     while True:
@@ -938,8 +941,8 @@ def iterhunks(ui, fp, sourcefile=None):
                         changed[gp.path] = (gp.op, gp)
                 # else error?
                 # copy/rename + modify should modify target, not source
-                if changed.get(bfile[2:], (None, None))[0] in ('COPY',
-                                                               'RENAME'):
+                gitop = changed.get(bfile[2:], (None, None))[0]
+                if gitop in ('COPY', 'DELETE', 'RENAME'):
                     afile = bfile
                     gitworkdone = True
             newfile = True
diff --git a/tests/test-import b/tests/test-import
--- a/tests/test-import
+++ b/tests/test-import
@@ -207,3 +207,21 @@ do
 done
 cd ..
 
+# Test importing a patch ending with a binary file removal
+echo % test trailing binary removal
+hg init binaryremoval
+cd binaryremoval
+echo a > a
+python -c "file('b', 'wb').write('a\x00b')"
+hg ci -Am addall
+hg rm a
+hg rm b
+hg st
+hg ci -m remove
+hg export --git . > remove.diff
+cat remove.diff | grep git
+hg up -C 0
+hg import remove.diff
+hg manifest
+cd ..
+
diff --git a/tests/test-import.out b/tests/test-import.out
--- a/tests/test-import.out
+++ b/tests/test-import.out
@@ -223,3 +223,12 @@ c
 % c2 file
 c
 % d file
+% test trailing binary removal
+adding a
+adding b
+R a
+R b
+diff --git a/a b/a
+diff --git a/b b/b
+2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+applying remove.diff